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Topic: New B (Read 486 times)

Hi, I've come back to railway modelling after a long break. I started with n gauge 40 years ago. I went down the continental route as l felt the quality of British outline wasn't good enough. The layout was dismantled due to a house move and never reassembled, most has been lost or sold so I'm starting afresh. I'm thinking of modelling a nearby heritage railway because it gives much more freedom to choose rolling stock and I'm already building a large quantity of photos. My initial questions are relating track and control, should I go dcc and will rtr locos run on code 55 rails.

Thanks for the welcome and the links to some of the discussions. I started to browse some of the posts after I posted my intro. There's a lot of reading for me here, hopefully it will help me avoid the mistakes I made last time round.

Thanks for the welcome and the links to some of the discussions. I started to browse some of the posts after I posted my intro. There's a lot of reading for me here, hopefully it will help me avoid the mistakes I made last time round.

Good to hear code 55 seems to be the way to go, n gauge track was always my biggest disappointment with my old layout. I'm thinking that DCC maybe overall for my relatively simple layout, I presume DCC ready locos will happily run DC.

Good to hear code 55 seems to be the way to go, n gauge track was always my biggest disappointment with my old layout. I'm thinking that DCC maybe overall for my relatively simple layout, I presume DCC ready locos will happily run DC.

Gary

With regard to DCC on DC you will have to make sure that the DC controller is one that will produce the electric stuff to N gauge standards. Some controllers suitable for OO as well can produce over-voltages on DC that can fry the DCC chip...

My knowledge of DCC is minimal but I understood 'DCC ready' was a DC loco which, when fitted with the chip of your choice, becomes 'DCC fitted'. Therefore a 'DCC ready' loco can and should be run in on DC to ensure the loco runs OK before fitting the chip. A 'DCC fitted' loco can and should be run in on DCC. Some 'DCC fitted' locos such as the Peco 22xx steam loco and the RevolutioN Trains Pendolino recognise analogue and digital control, although if DCC fitted and with sound, only limited sound will be heard on DC.By all means correct me if I am wrong.

My knowledge of DCC is minimal but I understood 'DCC ready' was a DC loco which, when fitted with the chip of your choice, becomes 'DCC fitted'. Therefore a 'DCC ready' loco can and should be run in on DC to ensure the loco runs OK before fitting the chip. A 'DCC fitted' loco can and should be run in on DCC. Some 'DCC fitted' locos such as the Peco 22xx steam loco and the RevolutioN Trains Pendolino recognise analogue and digital control, although if DCC fitted and with sound, only limited sound will be heard on DC.By all means correct me if I am wrong.

Yes, everything you understand is correct, but there can still be issues with some 'universal' controllers providing too much juice in certain circumstances and affecting the PCB that the chip (or blanking plug if not chip-fitted) is plugged into.